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for most of my life I locked a part of me away tucked in deep somewhere no one could find her. I wasn't ashamed of her I wanted to protect her. she had a tender side, a soft side that was full of kindness and light and she had all this hidden love to share … Continue reading Write your truth – day one

content warning: suicide reference, When I went off to college I left all of my high school friends behind because I was determined to leave that part of me behind. In short, my high school years are not years I wish to reminisce on, and the people who were a part of those years weren't … Continue reading Saying Goodbye to My Sorority

I released the title of my second poetry collection back in December, but kind of just dropped any word of it right after so I thought it was only right to write a little about it. Currently, It's not you (and other lies we tell) or "lies we tell" is it it's very early stages … Continue reading It’s not you (and other lies we tell)

2017 was a year of hurt and healing. There were successes, and some of my biggest failures learning experiences yet. I won't recap on it all but I will leave these: Things I'm leaving in 2017: - romanticizing abusive relationships - apologizing for taking up "extra space", especially to men. - letting others invalidate my … Continue reading Heading into the new year…

we can see that the sky is on fire yet that won't stop us from dancing under the neon flames as embers fall beneath our feet, we're careful not to step on them and kick them back into the cold night air. we realize this may be our last time together but if the world … Continue reading

October was a busy month for me, so most of these books are still sitting on my bedside table begging to be read, but I wanted to give a little shout out to all of the books I bought this month, and added the links to them on Amazon! These are in no particular order … Continue reading

feathers one by one i started to add to my collection. i found one on top of the stone wall along side the ocean. another i picked up off the cold city block on a deary day, my vision impaired by the thick gray fog - or perhaps salt stains from my tears. i borrowed … Continue reading

Throw back to when Amanda Lovelace, author-poetess of The Princess Saves Herself in this One had a 30-day poetry challenge posted on her Instagram, and day 30 was a "goodbye" poem. I wrote this waiting for my bus after an argument with a former lover, one of many we had. This poem ended up being one … Continue reading saying goodbye

Let's start my first real blog post with something that has affected my life for the last 10+ years: mental illness. I was diagnosed with depression and ADHD at the age of thirteen and from then it's been a constant battle between the outside world and the world within my head. Most of my writings began … Continue reading

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ashley k rose

bisexual twenty-something self-published poet from new england. mildly obsessed with the night sky, bonfires, and self growth. living one day at a time, practicing radical acceptance and self love, always.